Seattle to pay $3.5M to settle police wrongful-death suit
The city of Seattle will pay $3.5 million to settle a wrongful-death civil lawsuit filed on behalf of the children of a pregnant Black woman who was fatally shot by two white Seattle police officers in 2017. Karen Koehler, a Seattle attorney who represented Charleena Lyles’ estate, said at a news conference Tuesday that the case was scheduled for trial in King County Superior Court in February before the settlement was reached Monday, The Seattle Times reported. Continue reading at The Associated Press. (Ted S. Warren)
WA kids 5 to 11 are getting vaccinated faster than the national average
Nearly all children attending Washington’s K-12 schools are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, to the relief of many parents. Four weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration cleared Pfizer’s pediatric dose of its vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 for emergency use. Since the start of November, at least 116,000 children in the 5-to-11 age group in Washington state have started the vaccination process, according to the Washington Department of Health. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Ted S. Warren)
I-5 flood catastrophe could be national security issue, cutting JBLM from many troops
Rising sea levels and rainier winters are likely to result in floods that could affect Interstate 5 where it crosses the Nisqually River, possibly as soon as 2040. If the river overflows, it could cut Joint Base Lewis-McChord off from more than a third of its workforce, officials say. The military base is concerned about the impacts a flooding event would have on its operations, former garrison chief of staff Tom Knight told The News Tribune before retiring from the civilian post earlier this year. Continue reading at The News Tribune.
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